Dic Corporation

Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Incorporated

Seiichi Uno

Akio Umino

Hideki Watanabe

Kinji Shinzo

Minoru Nomura

Nansei Tashiro

Takayuki Kanematsu

Munekazu Hayashi

Kouji Akita

Noriyuki Ichinose

Nobuyoshi Shirai

Masami Hozumi

An active energy ray-curable resin composition which is excellently adhesive to a base material, an undercoat agent which is for a metal thin film and includes the resin composition, and a formed material obtained using the undercoat agent for a metal thin film are provided. The active energy ray-curable resin composition includes, as essential components, an alkyd resin (A), an unsaturated bond-containing polymerizable compound (B), a phenolic compound (C) represented by the following structural formula (1) wherein Ris a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group), and a photopolymerization initiator (D) having a structural moiety represented by the following structural formula (2) wherein R's are any of an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkoxy group, a hydroxyl group and an amino group, wherein two or more of the R's may form a ring structure.

Active-energy-ray-curable resin composition and metal-thin-film undercoat agent

Provided are a coating material that is for undercoating for a thin inorganic film, has excellent adhesiveness to various base materials, and produces no appearance change or no peeling off even under high-temperature conditions, and an acrylic-modified alkyd resin as a raw material for such a coating material. The acrylic-modified alkyd resin includes a copolymer including as essential components: an alkyd resin (A) having an unsaturated bond in a molecular structure; and a polymerizable monomer (B) having an unsaturated bond in a molecular structure. Also provided are a curable composition, a coating material for undercoating for a thin inorganic film, and a molded body including an undercoat layer including the coating material for undercoating for a thin inorganic film.

Acrylic-modified alkyd resin and coating material for priming for thin inorganic film

Provided are an actinic-radiation-curable resin composition that has high storage stability and that combines high levels of ease of application and adhesion to various substrates and high levels of coating appearance and heat resistance after curing, an actinic-radiation-curable primer for metallization that contains such an actinic-radiation-curable resin composition, and a shaped article including an undercoat layer for metallization that has good adhesion to various substrates. Specifically, an actinic-radiation-curable resin composition is provided that contains an oil-modified alkyd resin and a (meth)acryloyl-containing compound. The oil-modified alkyd resin is prepared using two or more oils having iodine values of 100 or more and has an oil length of 30 to 60, a mass average molecular weight of 200,000 to 1,000,000, and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 50 or more. Also provided is an actinic-radiation-curable primer for metallization that contains the actinic-radiation-curable resin composition.

Actinic-radiation-curable resin composition, primer containing the same, and shaped article

Provided are a resin composition with high adhesion to substrates under hot and humid conditions, a two-part laminate adhesive containing the resin composition, and a laminated film and backsheet for solar cells including a layer of the adhesive. The resin composition contains, as essential components, a polyester polyurethane polyol (A) having a branched structure in a molecule thereof and having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 25,000 to 200,000 and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 2.5 to 25; a hydroxyl-containing epoxy resin (B) having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 300 to 5,000; a hydroxyl-containing polycarbonate resin (C) having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 300 to 3,000; and a polyisocyanate (D).

Resin composition, two-pack type adhesive for laminates, multilayer film, and back sheet for solar cells

A polyester resin particle dispersion material, in which the average particle size can be easily controlled within a broad range and is less likely to form irregular particles, and which is also suited for use in adhesives, is produced by dispersing a resin melt containing, as an essential component, a polyester resin (A) having a terminal structure in which an alkyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms is bonded to a carbon atom to which a carboxyl group is attached, or a carbon atom adjacent to this carbon atom, a portion or all of carboxyl groups in the polyester resin (A) being neutralized with a basic compound, in a heated aqueous medium in a melted state, and cooling the dispersed resin melt.

Method for producing polyester resin particle dispersion material, method for producing polyester resin particles, and method for producing electrophotographic spherical toner

A novel manufacturing method for toner used in electrophotography employing no organic solvent is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (1) combing a colored melted resin (a) and an aqueous medium (b), wherein the colored melted resin (a) is prepared by heating and melting a kneaded material containing a synthetic resin for use in an electrophotographic toner having an ionic group and a coloring pigment, and the aqueous medium (b) contains a substance capable of neutralizing the ionic group, and possesses a raised temperature not lower than the softening point of the synthetic resin by way of heating with application of pressure where necessary; (2) dispersing the colored melted resin (a) in the aqueous medium (b) by mechanical means while maintaining a mixture of the colored melted resin (a) and the aqueous medium (b) at a temperature not lower than the softening point of the synthetic resin; (3) producing an aqueous suspension of colored resin microparticles by means of sudden cooling; (4) separating the colored resin microparticles from the suspension; and (5) drying the separated colored resin microparticles.

Manufacturing method for toner used in electrophotography

A toner containing at least a colorant and a resin, in which the resin is a polyester resin having a total acid radical content of 2 to 50 mg equivalents per 100 g and having a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 to 100,000, and the toner particles are spherical and have an average particle diameter of 3 to 13 .mu.m. The toner is produced by a process comprising adding an aqueous medium to a dispersion of at least a colorant and an anionic self-emulsifiable resin in a water-miscible organic solvent to cause phase inversion to obtain an emulsion, and separating the produced particles from the aqueous medium, followed by drying, in which the anion self-emulsifiable resin is a polyester resin having a neutral salt structure, having a total acid radical content of 2 to 50 mg equivalents per 100 g and having a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 to 100,000.

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